Every so often there is some discussion of whether or not it is appropriate for Spock to call our favorite communications officer "Miss Urura" rather than "Lt. Uhura" or just "Uhura".

I've used the phrase several times in STNV, and my doing so is based on Spock's usage on TOS. This morning I thought I would amuse myself by tracking down those uses, and discovered, much to my amusement, that Spock first calls her that in "The Man Trap". Which was the first broadcast episode, making "Miss Uhura" literally Spock's first spoken words in the series!

Thing is, while we are used to serviceMEN calling each other "Mister", even after all these years there is resistance to "Miss".

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I've noticed that in police and military dramas.

There was a BBC show a few years ago called RED CAP. A red cap is a UK military police officer (British Army, the others, i.e. RAF Police, are called snowdrops due to a white cap). The show featured the Special Investigation Branch (SIB), the detective unit within the British Army.

It didn't run long. But there was a lot of "Mister Vicary" or "Mister Howard", but not sure that any of the female officers were referred to as "Miss".

I bet Spock's colleagues were shocked how easy going and informal he is (for a Vulcan). "Doctor Spock is the name of my paternal forbear, Ensign. As there is no pressing logical reason for formality, Mister Spock will be sufficient." Then he snorted a line of cane sugar.

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